British Industrial & Engineering Installations, Mitchell Engineering group, 1946 : Thornhill Power Station for the Yorkshire Electric Power Company
From the 1946 catalogue issued by the Mitchell Engineering group, a company whose interests spanned a wide range both the manufacturing of many types of engineering equipment as well as constructing and fitting out industrial and commercial buildings and structures. One of their areas of expertise was in electricity generating where they made boilers, fuel handling an ash disposal equipment.
Seen here is a contract undertaken for the pre-nationalisation Yorkshire Electric Power Company and their generating station at Thornhill, Dewsbury. The site saw various developments from opening in 1902 with several phases of expansion including extensions in 1932 - 37 that this, I think, refers to. There was also a post-war expansion, under the British Electricity Authority in 195- - 54 and the station finally ceased generating in 1982. It was subsequently demolished.
The YEP was a large regional concern formed in 1901 to supply power to large parts of the West Riding of Yorkshire largely outwith municipalities that had already, or would start to generate and supply electricity within their supply districts. To supply power it formed the subsidiary company the Electrical Distribution of Yorkshire Limited in 1905. Over time the company had four power stations, this at Thornhill, Baraugh, Mexborough and Ferrybridge A and these four sites were vested in the new British Electricity Authority and the supply side in the Yorkshire Electricity Board.
British Industrial & Engineering Installations, Mitchell Engineering group, 1946 : Thornhill Power Station for the Yorkshire Electric Power Company
From the 1946 catalogue issued by the Mitchell Engineering group, a company whose interests spanned a wide range both the manufacturing of many types of engineering equipment as well as constructing and fitting out industrial and commercial buildings and structures. One of their areas of expertise was in electricity generating where they made boilers, fuel handling an ash disposal equipment.
Seen here is a contract undertaken for the pre-nationalisation Yorkshire Electric Power Company and their generating station at Thornhill, Dewsbury. The site saw various developments from opening in 1902 with several phases of expansion including extensions in 1932 - 37 that this, I think, refers to. There was also a post-war expansion, under the British Electricity Authority in 195- - 54 and the station finally ceased generating in 1982. It was subsequently demolished.
The YEP was a large regional concern formed in 1901 to supply power to large parts of the West Riding of Yorkshire largely outwith municipalities that had already, or would start to generate and supply electricity within their supply districts. To supply power it formed the subsidiary company the Electrical Distribution of Yorkshire Limited in 1905. Over time the company had four power stations, this at Thornhill, Baraugh, Mexborough and Ferrybridge A and these four sites were vested in the new British Electricity Authority and the supply side in the Yorkshire Electricity Board.